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Jim Bunning: When they came to us, when they asked for the TARP money and said, this is going to be as transparent as anything that…

On the recordJuly 22, 2009
When they came to us, when they asked for the TARP money and said, this is going to be as transparent as anything that we have ever dealt with, and they have completely stonewalled who they lent the money to, how much money they printed, and what banks got it and what they spent it for. So transparency is out the door.
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Jim Bunning

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Criticizing the lack of transparency regarding TARP funds.

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